Carton.



H. L SMITH.

CARTON.

APPLICATION man SEPT- 26, 1913.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY LEES SMITH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CARTON.

Specification of Letters fatent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

Application filed September 26, 1918. Serial No. 255,733.

ments in Cartons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cartons, and particularly tocartons adapted to hold or contain bottles, such as bottles of medicineand the like.

The main object of my invention is to provide a carton having featureswhereby it is adapted to contain bottles or the like having variouskinds of contents, and which is economical in the use of paper or pasteboard from which it is made.

At the present time it is customary among certain dealers, particularlywith drug stores, to sell various articles under their own name whichare manufactured and put up for them bysomeother manufacturer who sellsthe same goods to other dealers and which other dealers dispose of thesame under their own names. In such a case it is.

desirable for the manufacturer to provide cartons for the bottles or thelike, and to print upon these cartons the name of the dealers and alsoto print upon the labels on the bottles the names of the dealers, whichmeans the resetting of type for the printing on the cartons and labels agreat number of times. This can be avoided to a substantial extent byproviding a carton which is the same for all dealers and attachingthereto a label especially printed for the dealer to whom the goods aresent. In such case the label attached may be identical with the label onthe bottle or the like, and may be the same for different sizes ofcartons, so that only one setting up of a label for the particular goodsfor the dealer is required, and no change is required on the carton forthe particular goods in question. Likewise the cartons may be originallyadapted to contains bottles of various kinds of goods so that with thechange of goods no change is required in the body portion of the cartonand in this way cartons not used with the particular goods on which theywere originally intended may be used on other goods. This preventsserious loss in cartons and in paper or pasteboard from which they aremade, which is a very important advantage especially at the presenttime.

Further objects, features and advantages will more clearly appear fromthe detailed description given below taken in connection with theaccompanying sheet of drawings, which forms a part of thisspecification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of a carton embodying myinvention in the preferred form, and with its contents removed and withthe ends open. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same carton with thecontents therein nd the ends closed, and with the label attached to thecarton swung aside so that the label on the bottle therein may bereadily seen. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the back side of thecarton and its contents.

Referring to the various figures, 1 represents the front of the cartonand 2 one of its sides. In the particular form illustrated the carton isprovided with bottom closing flaps 3, 3 and i, and with top closingfiaps5, 5 and 6. The front portion of the carton is provided with a frontopening 7, this being rectangular in shape in the particular embodimentillustrated, although it may be of any shape desired. 8 represents aclosure for the opening 7 which may belformed of pasteboard or heavypaper, and it is separate from or non-integral with the body portion ofthe carton, but is secured thereto so that it is adapted to close theopening 7 as ill-us trated in Fig. 1.. The closure 8 is preferablysecured to the body portion of the carton by means of an eyelet 9, ofwell known construction, sothat the closure 8 is pivoted to the cartonand is adapted to swing laterally away from the front opening to permitof the label 10 on the bottle 10 within the carton, to be easily andreadily seen as illustrated in Fig. 2. As seen in Fig. 1, the top of theclosure is below the top of the carton and the bottom of the closure isabove the bottom of the carton so that when the closure is swung to oneside it does not interfere with the base upon which the carton may beresting or with articles laid on the top of the carton. However, othersuitable methods may be adopted for securing the closure 8 to the bodyportion of the carton. Ordinarily the label 10 will be placed upon thebottle by the manufacturer and will indicate or properly describe thecontents of the bottle without mention of the actual manufacturer. Theclosure 8 is adapted to have printed thereon or attached thereto a labelshowing matter which will also indicate or properly describe thecontents of the bottle and which will also indicate the particulardealer by which the goods are sold at retail. In this way the dealer mayplace his own label upon.

the carton, such labels being easily affixed thereto by means of theeyelet 9, or the closure 8 may be attached to the carton by themanufacturer, and the retailer may place his own label on the closure 8.The retailer does not have to open the carton, which may be sealed inany suitable manner, in order to determine the nature of the contents,as this may be ascertained by pushing aside the closure 8 and viewingthe label on the bottle, and the retailer may be I thus guided in thematter which he puts unon the closure 8 along with his own name.

The arrangement described makes the carton adapted for general use by alarge number of retailers thereby reducing the cost of cartons generallyto each. If desired, the manufacturermay, of course, print the desiredmatter upon the closure 8 as well as upon the label 10 and in such casewhile this printing may be different for each retailer, he may use thesame kind of cartons for each Without making any change in the printedmatter upon the body portion of the cartons.

The back side'll of the carton is provided with one or more openings orwindows as shown at 12 and 13, in order that the contents of the bottlemay be easily viewed Without'opening the carton. In the embodiment shownthe openings 12 and 13 are separated by a strip 14 serving as astrengthening portion connecting the two sides of the carton.-

The closure 8 makes the carton well adapted for display purposes, thatis to say either empty or filled cartons may be used for displayadvertising, the closure 8 being adapted to have any desired advertisingon it; After the contents are sold the carton may be retained by theseller and used over again for similar goods or for different goods bymerely changing the closure 8. The material from which the carton ismade may be waterproofed or be of waterproof material so that it may bewashed, thereby extending the life of the carton.

While I have described my improvements in great detail and with respectto one particular embodiment thereof, I do not desire to be limited tosuch embodiment or details since many changes may be made and theinvention embodied in widely differing forms without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention in its broader aspects. Hence, it isdesired to cover all structures having the combination of features setforth in any one or more of the appended claims or the equivalents ofsuch features.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A bottle containing carton having top and-bottom closure flaps, andan opening in its front side through which a label on the bottle may beseen, and a closure for said opening non-integral with the carton andhaving its top below the top of the carton and its bottom above thebottom of the carton, said closure having label features thereon andbeing pivoted to the front side of the carton above said opening, so asto swing away from the opening to permit the label on the bottle to beseen through the opening, and whereby various closures with differentlabel features thereon may-be applied to cartons of the same kind.

2. A bottle containing carton having top and bottom closure flaps, andan opening in its front side through which a label 011 the bottle may beseen, and a closure for said opening non-integral with the carton andhaving its top below the top of the carton and its bottom above thebottom of the carton, said closure having label features thereon andbeing pivoted to the front side of the carton above said opening, so asto swing away from the opening to permit the label on the bottle to beseen through the openand whereby various closures with different labelfeatures thereon may be applied to cartons of the same kind, said cartonalso having an opening in the back side thereof through which thecontents of the bottle may be seen.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this20th day of September A. D. 1918.

HARRY LEES SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

